Sailing adventures on our Whiting 29
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Max. Forecast: N 10 kts rising to 15 kts in the morning then easing to variable 5 kts late. Our new crew member, Max, a post-grad student from Netherlands, joined John and me at Chaffers Marina. Max has centre-board sailing experience on lakes. His English is good but he had to... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Murray, Jamie. Forecast: Northerly 10 kts rising to 15 kts in the afternoon. The heavy #1 genoa and full main were working well as Jamie and I sailed Halo from Chaffers round to Evans Bay in another beautiful Wellington day. We tied up at the wharf at 1155 hrs where Murray and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, Jamie, Murray, John. Forecast: Variable 5 kts becoming N 15 kts. Fresh from our return from Nelson two days earlier we cast off from Chaffers at 1105 hrs. With the heavy #1 genoa and full main hoisted, Jamie and I sailed round to Evans Bay. Peter, John and Murray were waiting for... Continue Reading →
Five Wellington boats, Gucci, Annie, Matatoa, Rattler and Halo, sailed over to Nelson to join the fleet of 27 yachts in the regatta. We enjoyed four days of racing in near perfect sailing conditions. On Friday we collected our registration packs at the TBCC club rooms. The nice Evolution Sails carry-bag with all the sponsors goodies, included a bottle... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John. Forecast: S 11-15 kts, gusts up to 18 kts (Predictwind). John met me on Halo at Chaffers and after preparing the boat we cast off at 1120 hrs. The wind was already gusting up to 25 kts as we sailed round to Evans Bay with the small no. 3 jib mainsail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Peter, John. Forecast: Predictwind said: Southerly 3-15 kts, which proved to be spot-on. Peter joined me on Halo at Chaffers Marina and after rigging the boat we cast off at 1130 hrs. The wind was negligible but we hoisted the mainsail to shake out the wrinkles and the reef we used on our... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Tunch, Jamie, Leah, Funny, Sophie, Mavis. Forecast: Southerly 20 kts gusting 30 kts easing to 15 kts in the afternoon. The RPNYC joined with the Turkish Embassy to celebrate the anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye. Each boat would have guests from the Turkish community aboard. My sailing buddy Tunch who is Turkish and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Marion, Funny, Leah, Helen, Juliet, Geoff. Thursday 12th September Bit of a disaster on the last day of cruising The Sounds. I dropped my phone over the side! Quite an unsettling feeling having no means of communication. I needed to get a replacement phone ASAP. Warren and Lyn Rankin, who have their car (and... Continue Reading →
Crew: Peter, Eduardo, John, Jaime, Leah, Geoff. PW Forecast: N8-15 kts, Gusts up to 21 kts. Conditions for the final race of the Winter Series were promising to be a bit more lively than the last ones. We cast off from Chaffers at 1052 hrs and hoisted our small no. 3 jib and the mainsail... Continue Reading →
Crew: Geoff, Murray, John, Jamie. PW Forecast: S 9 kts decreasing to 7 kts. We had an extra crew member wanting to join us when we went to board Halo at Chaffers Marina! After stepping carefully around the little seal, John, Jamie and I rigged up the boat and cast off at 1032 hrs. We... Continue Reading →
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